\"Ye Jacobites By Name\" is a Scottish folk song, the most popular version being written by Robert Burns. It was written in the aftermath of the Jacobite risings, and in criticism of their cause.
Lyrics
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim
Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear, you shall hear
Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear
What makes heroic strife famed afar, famed afar?
What makes heroic strife famed afar?
What makes heroic strife, to whet the assassin's knife
And haunt a parent's life wi' bloody war, bloody war
And haunt a parent's life wi' bloody war
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim
Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear, you shall hear
Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear
What is right and what is wrang by the law, by the law
What is right and what is wrang by the law
What is right and what is wrang, a short sword and a lang
A weak arm and a strang for tae draw, for tae draw
A weak arm and a strang for tae draw
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim
Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear, you shall hear
Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear
Then leave your schemes alane in the state, in the state
Then leave your schemes alane in the state
Then leave your schemes alane, adore the rising sun
And leave a man undone tae his fate, tae his fate
And leave a man undone tae his fate
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear
Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim
Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear, you shall hear
Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear
